Is there a way format the code in the question

See https://anspress.io/documents/?doc_page=code-and-syntax-highlighter for code highlighting instructions.

Answers left through admin don’t show up in user stats, but show up for admin stats

This has been solved.

Category image upload does not work

Make sure you have also updated category extension.

Reputation points as numeric values

cast(meta.value as unsigned) Use this in your MySql query. Here is an example: https://github.com/anspress/anspress/blob/master/includes/class-user.php#L324